--- title: "The rest is still more wonderful," replied Scheherazade, "and you w… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: "The rest is still more wonderful," replied Scheherazade, "and you would say so, if the sultan would allow me to live another day, and would give me leave to tell it to you the next night." Who acts: rest, Scheherazade, you, sultan. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rest, Scheherazade, you, sultan), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:2:20 # text = "The rest is still more wonderful," replied Scheherazade, "and you would say so, if the sultan would allow me to live another day, and would give me leave to tell it to you the next night." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Scheherazade Scheherazade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the rest | | | | | wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Scheherazade | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would | the sultan | | Scheherazade | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **live** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the sultan *not said here* | | | | day | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | would | you *not said here* | | Scheherazade | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Sultan | you | | night | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to you=Recipient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/)